He opined that, "The gap between modern painting, illustrations and photography has been bridged, with the computer serving as an all-encompassing platform.
[11] Marudu born in Madurai was attracted to drawing because of his father MR.Maruthappan, a Trotskyist, who encouraged him by introducing books with illustration.
He was also influenced by the hand-drawn portraits of Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subash Chandra Bose by M. R. Acharekar, that decorated his house.
[2][1][13] Marudu's stint at Madras College of Arts and Crafts helped him to meet sculptor Dhanapal, who later became his mentor.
Marudu and Adimoolam took initiative in introducing contemporary art that broke all the conservative techniques in many popular magazines of that era.
He was also attracted to movies because of his mother, Rukmini Maruthappan as her uncle MS.Solaimalai was a story and dialogue writer who influenced him along with actor S. S. Rajendran.